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00:00Across Yorkshire's Moors and Dales, the world's most famous vets set the benchmark for animal care.
00:08And James Herriot's legacy lives on.
00:14His former trainee, Peter Wright...
00:16All my life, I've enjoyed doing this.
00:18...has been a Yorkshire vet for over 40 years.
00:22There we are. How are you doing, my old mate?
00:25Peter's old partner, Julian Norton...
00:28Not quite the same as operated in theatre, is it?
00:30I know.
00:31Now has two practices.
00:33I don't want to let him go.
00:35One of them in the town where Herriot worked, surrounded by the North Yorkshire landscape he loved.
00:41Everything that you can see all across there is Yorkshire.
00:44And in the foothills of the Pennines...
00:47That's a Hollywood smile.
00:49...a new generation of town and country vets also uphold the Herriot ethos.
00:54I'm just going to have a feel a bit deeper inside and see what we've got.
00:57The teams are united.
00:59Oh!
01:00And always determined to hit their target.
01:03Yay!
01:05Yes!
01:06Has there helped animals of all shapes...
01:09He's trying to grow an extra pair of legs.
01:11...sizes...
01:12Pendo gorgeous.
01:13...types...
01:14Catch!
01:15...and temperaments.
01:17No, don't be nasty.
01:18It's definitely not glamorous.
01:20Cut that mucus out.
01:22But it's varied.
01:23So we've actually found gold, literally found gold.
01:25It's rarely easy.
01:27You've won Mr. Wet t-shirt.
01:29But they continue the Herriot tradition.
01:31It's alive.
01:32Treating all creatures...
01:34Let's move it.
01:35I can't believe it.
01:36Great...
01:37You're all right little bird.
01:40...and small.
01:41How are we happening?
01:42Yay!
01:43Like water flowing down a stream...
02:00...or seeping through limestone...
02:04In Yorkshire...
02:06...farming expertise moves smoothly...
02:10...and surely...
02:11...from one generation to the next.
02:16Here the sense of history and heritage...
02:19...is inescapable.
02:28And up on the North York Moors...
02:30...that's especially true for Dan.
02:33Who farms in the shadow of the majestic Revo Abbey.
02:39We've had this field for...
02:41...as long as I've been alive anyway.
02:44So it's a pleasure to be down here.
02:47I'm fourth generation where we are now.
02:50Before that, previous generation was also in agriculture.
02:54So it's sort of like five generations on my dad's side...
02:57...and then on my mum's side.
02:58It's like five or six generations as well.
03:00So it's definitely in your blood.
03:02But any farmer's day can quickly turn to ruins.
03:10Swinges needles.
03:12And this afternoon, Dan's had to rush down to the practice...
03:16...in Kirby Moorside to see Peter.
03:18He's got a ewe that's having difficulty lambing.
03:22The problem is, he's described it as a very small ewe...
03:26...with a small birth canal...
03:28...but a very large lamb inside.
03:30In these situations, it's life or death.
03:36I'm not sure if it's still alive.
03:38You know, time's critical.
03:40You know, time's critical.
03:44You've got two legs.
03:45Ah.
03:46I mean, ah, right.
03:47We haven't got a head though, have we?
03:48No.
03:49Big head.
03:50Yes.
03:51There's just nothing wrong, eh?
03:53No.
03:54Have you had a good pull already?
03:55Yes.
03:56When I came out to the shed...
03:57Yeah.
03:58...the head was out, one leg.
03:59Yeah.
04:00But I couldn't get him with the leg back.
04:01Yeah.
04:02So I popped his head back in to get the other leg.
04:04Right.
04:05As soon as I did that, he's twisted inside.
04:07Yeah.
04:08And his head dropped back down to the right.
04:11And because she's a big lamb, I can't get the room to get my hand in.
04:15I'm getting twisted and through her pelvis.
04:19Let's have a look, sort of looking down.
04:22It's a bigish head.
04:24His head's upside down at the moment, which doesn't help me.
04:29Because there isn't room to get your hand through and the lamb's head at the same time.
04:35That's the problem.
04:39I'm going to try and get her up on his head.
04:43Yeah.
04:44It's the only chance of getting him out there.
04:46I'm fearing the worst here.
04:49It could be a cesarean section.
04:51In the historic North Yorkshire market town of Knaresborough, Dan has embraced a modern trend in pet only.
05:12We are here for the exotic animals like Rex here.
05:15So we rescue and rehome lots of exotic animals.
05:20We help everyone.
05:21We never turn an animal away.
05:23Would you like to have a hold?
05:25We've been on the high street now just over five years.
05:27That's how we raise our money, by being open to the public.
05:32It's great for the kids.
05:33It's great for them to come and have a look and see the animals up close and get hands on with them.
05:39Sometimes Dan's work goes straight to his head.
05:42And he'll get there in a minute.
05:44His claws are out that bad at the moment, so he's not too bad.
05:48So he will sit there quite happily now.
05:53But today he's come to the practice in Weatherby with a creature notorious for its bottom.
05:58So this is an unusual animal that has a distinctive smell to it.
06:07In the box we have got Pepe.
06:09He's a great skunk.
06:11You don't normally see them in the UK at all.
06:13They're really rare.
06:14He came to us because he got dumped with a note attached to see if we could take him in.
06:21We have a female inn, so we've had to adapt the enclosure he's in and split it in half.
06:29So Fifi's at one side and Pepe's on the other side.
06:32So he's here to be castrated, so hopefully then we can mingle both together and we can become friends.
06:39But before becoming friends with Fifi...
06:42Pepe?
06:43I noticed that this is a skunk.
06:46Pepe has to make Julian's acquaintance.
06:48Come through, yeah.
06:52So, I don't know much about skunks.
06:54I mean, I've had a few in the past, but this one is the best I've had with Handily.
07:00Good.
07:01I've had one before, which was a female, and she couldn't get near me.
07:04She'd just pound her feet in front of you.
07:06And you know if she does it more than twice you're going to get sprayed.
07:09Pounding like that?
07:10So they'll just be like that in front of you.
07:12If it happens, do we have to, like, evacuate the building? Is it that bad?
07:16Apparently, I don't know.
07:18But it's never happened to me.
07:20I'll introduce you to Pepe.
07:23Come on, you.
07:25Oh, Stripey.
07:27Hello, Pepe.
07:29Have you checked he's got two testicles?
07:31I haven't.
07:32Is that safe to hold in the inhalation?
07:34Yeah, yeah.
07:35Oh, God!
07:37Did you hear that noise?
07:39There's something there that looks like it's...
07:42I've seen them from a distance.
07:44I don't want to make him agitated.
07:47Well, what we'll do, basically, we'll anaesthetise him.
07:49Yeah.
07:50We'll just treat him like a ferret, but a big ferret.
07:52So, shall we pop him back in his bot?
07:55Oh, there is one already.
07:56Oh, boy.
07:57Don't be squirting anymore, do you?
07:59You hear me?
08:00Very good.
08:01Nice to see you again.
08:02Thank you very much.
08:03Come on, Pepe.
08:04Enjoy, Pepe.
08:05I hope it all goes well.
08:06Yeah.
08:08Hopefully it will.
08:09Bye.
08:10Bye.
08:11Nurses Lucy and Lucy can smell potential trouble heading their way.
08:17There's our skunk.
08:19Oh, my God.
08:20I've never even seen a skunk before, let alone at work.
08:22Well, this is...
08:23Oh, my God, he's so cute, isn't he?
08:25This is our little fellow.
08:26So, the risk for Julian is, obviously, the skunk is, if it sprays, it sprays.
08:31Come on, mate.
08:32And the spray will take hours, days, to get out of the system, especially if you get sprayed
08:38with it.
08:39If he starts stamping, that means he's going to empty his scent glands, and that's very
08:44bad if that happens.
08:46Apparently, batting in tomato sauce helps.
08:48Hello.
08:49Oh, don't be frightened.
08:50I want to go back in for a bit.
08:53I was going to sedate him.
08:56Get your bum bum down.
08:58So, I hope they've got loads of tomato sauce about.
09:01Oh!
09:02Oh!
09:03He's going to do it.
09:04What's he doing?
09:05He just went like that.
09:06He just thumped.
09:07He just thumped, which means he's going to do it.
09:09Oh, now he is.
09:11What do we do?
09:12What do we do?
09:13Coming up...
09:18Hard work trying to save a newborn.
09:23His head was twisted like that, so the head was upside down almost.
09:28Like that.
09:29Holiday news from hell.
09:31I was adamant we were flying home when we first found out.
09:33It was just super, super scary.
09:35As David's dog suffers a serious injury.
09:37Lost quite a bit of blood.
09:38And he nearly lost a leg.
09:40And it can only happen to a vet.
09:42Big man's going to eat it.
09:44How to tarnish a tea break.
09:46I made some cakes that look like horse poo.
09:48Facts confirmed, one bat poo is cubed.
09:51It does look like a gallon, right?
09:52It does look like a gallon, right?
10:03In North Yorkshire...
10:05I'm trying to put a rope up.
10:06Yes.
10:07Dan has rushed from his scenic farm on the moors to the Kirby Moorside practice.
10:12Really?
10:14Where Peter is trying to save his young ewes, large stuck lamb.
10:19Making a bit of progress.
10:20Making progress.
10:21You're making progress here.
10:23Oh, God.
10:27Whoa, what a lamb.
10:32Come on, head.
10:33Come on.
10:34Oh.
10:35Here's the right way it's clear.
10:38His head was twisted right around.
10:41Yes.
10:42So the head was upside down almost.
10:43Right there.
10:44Still a bit of a look at it.
10:45Yeah.
10:46Yeah.
10:47Yeah.
10:48Yeah.
10:49He's struggling.
10:50The problem is with having to pop his head back in again.
10:52He'll have swallowed quite a bit of cleansing and stuff.
10:56Let's give you a bit of a clean up.
10:57Bloody card of the large is no good, is it?
10:58That's it.
10:59Now then.
11:00Now we all made.
11:01Sometimes you have to work at them, don't you?
11:02Yeah.
11:03Yeah.
11:04Can you just touch and go?
11:05Is it shaping?
11:06I think so.
11:07You're gonna go, aren't you?
11:08Yeah.
11:09You're gonna go, aren't you?
11:10That's better.
11:11I like it when the red starts to make it a lot of it.
11:13Bloody card is large and how good is it?
11:16That's it.
11:17Now then.
11:18Now we all made.
11:20Sometimes you have to work at them don't you?
11:23Yeah.
11:27Can you just touch and go?
11:29Is it shaping?
11:30I think so.
11:31You've got to go aren't you?
11:34That's better.
11:36I like it when the red starts to make it out of it.
11:39What a bit of luck there.
11:43Another half hour we might not have made it.
11:46I was dreading a C-section to be honest.
11:49So I'm pleased Peter's being able to work.
11:51Well when you said you know little young, big lamb.
11:54I was getting ready for one.
11:56She's starting to breathe a bit more freely now.
12:00You're all tired aren't you missus?
12:02Give him a lick.
12:04Go on you know you want to.
12:06Yeah I think you want to go.
12:09Very good.
12:10Do you think you'd better put lamb in front?
12:12I don't want you to lay on me on the way home.
12:14Yeah pop him in foot well in front Peter.
12:16Solid.
12:17Yeah.
12:23There you are.
12:24Nice and warm in there for you isn't it?
12:26Hey.
12:27Nice and warm there.
12:29Right.
12:30Do you want to hand in with her?
12:31Yeah please.
12:32Heyo.
12:33You've got up to them.
12:34You've got to be more side-eye straight don't you?
12:38I'm not really.
12:41You're all right lass.
12:46Ready?
12:47Yeah.
12:49Lovely.
12:50It's always worth coming to a vet when you leave with a live lamb.
12:53Best case scenario that.
12:55Spot on.
12:56Well that's worked out quite well Dan really.
12:58Yeah.
12:59There's a possibility we could have had a dead lamb.
13:00Yeah.
13:01But it's a win-win situation.
13:02Yeah.
13:03We've got a live lamb and no caesar.
13:04Yeah.
13:05So that's good.
13:06That's excellent.
13:07And hopefully you'll be back on the street now and now and you might not need us again
13:11now yeah?
13:12Hopefully not.
13:14All of those.
13:15See you later.
13:25Snow has fallen on the hills surrounding Huddersfield and at the Donaldson's Practices Farm and Equine HQ.
13:33Would you like some cake?
13:35Enjoy.
13:36Big man's going to eat it.
13:37You can't have it can you?
13:39Shona has a good reason to charge for treats.
13:42Oh very kind.
13:43Thanks Peter.
13:44You can have plenty of cakes for that.
13:47While David's manning the kettle in a tea break to really warm the cockles.
13:54We're having a Macmillan coffee morning to raise some funds today.
13:57People have been doing some baking.
13:59I've ended up doing the teas and coffees.
14:01One one's a bit stronger than the other.
14:03Better not give that to Matt.
14:04He won't sleep tonight.
14:06We've only been in this office for our farm and equine base for a few months now.
14:10So it might be one of the first times I've had to make them a brew here.
14:14Oh you're a gem.
14:15Thanks David.
14:16For dedicated vets.
14:17Here we go.
14:18It's hard to see beyond the job.
14:20We've been waiting for lots of horses to poo.
14:22So I made some cakes that look like horse pink.
14:24I didn't even think of faecal horse ball.
14:26But I can't actually unsee it now.
14:29Although when Matt's hungry.
14:31Mmm.
14:32That is tasty.
14:33Rohing, welcome to the tuck shop.
14:34We've got a cat litter tree protecting the cake.
14:36It's a cake tree but it does look like a cat litter tree.
14:39Rohin isn't easily put off either.
14:41It's quite good to have everyone and everything together.
14:43Have a bit of a laugh.
14:44That's what it's about, isn't it?
14:46So good.
14:47And some...
14:48What's the verdict, David?
14:49What, ma'am?
14:50...have an insatiable appetite for charity work.
14:53Matt, second cake, second donation.
14:55I got it.
14:56I got it.
14:57I got it.
14:58Could be a decent amount of funds raised by the time Matt's had his fill.
15:01There we go.
15:02I think I've, um, sampled the entire selection.
15:05But there's one cake that Matt hasn't tried yet.
15:06No way.
15:07Which might be down to his exotics expertise.
15:08It looks like wombat poo.
15:09Facts confirm, wombat poo is cubed.
15:10It's the elasticity of the large intestine that shapes the poo into those squares so they
15:12can mark the territory and it doesn't roll away.
15:13No way.
15:14No.
15:15It doesn't roll away.
15:16No.
15:17Yeah.
15:18It doesn't roll away.
15:19No.
15:20Yeah.
15:21It doesn't roll away.
15:22No.
15:23That's brilliant.
15:24Well, it tastes better than it looks.
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16:11It's all right, darling.
16:11You're a brave boy.
16:12What shall we do?
16:14It's okay, Nicole.
16:15It's okay.
16:16Oh, you little brave boy.
16:19It's all right, darling.
16:20Right, it's in.
16:21Close him in.
16:22Okay.
16:22Sorry, darling.
16:23So, hopefully, that will send him slowly and quietly off to sleep.
16:29Pepe needs to be castrated so he can live with a female skunk at the exotic rescue where he was dumped.
16:36If the testicles are big, which they are, we're going to do him like he's a dog, basically.
16:41This is the first time that I've managed to set eyes on his testicles.
16:45It was a bit wriggly before and I didn't really want to interfere around the danger zone.
16:50So, this is definitely the most exotic patient I've ever had to deal with.
16:55Every day is a school day.
16:57It'll hopefully go okay, but it's a little bit of a step into the unknown, so.
17:04My concern is that we need to get him done and dusted and woken up as soon as possible.
17:09So, is he all right up there?
17:11Yep, all good so far.
17:16It's rather unusual.
17:18It's not like a normal castration.
17:20I can feel and I can see the testicle there, but it's quite big.
17:23But, ooh, there we are.
17:26It's the first testicle.
17:29Quite a chunky one.
17:31Right, so.
17:32The other anxiety, apart from the anaesthetic and the surgical challenges, the skunk's anal glands are there and there.
17:39So, literally, if anything was to go wrong, I'm absolutely, literally in the firing zone.
17:48One down.
17:50One to go.
17:55Second one's there.
17:58Right.
17:59Thank goodness he hasn't reacted to anything.
18:04His heart rate and breathing and everything's been really settled, so I'm really quite pleased with him.
18:08Just need Julian to do that last stitch and then I can wake him up.
18:11Come here.
18:11There we are.
18:18The anaesthetic was smooth.
18:20Testicles are off.
18:21And, importantly as well, he's kept his scent to himself, so, so far, it's gone quite well.
18:28But I won't be happy until he's waking up and eating his snacks.
18:35Do you want to switch the light off?
18:37Yeah.
18:38Let him recover a little bit.
18:40See you in a bit.
18:42Take it easy.
18:51Back over near Huddersfield, David's latest coffee is at home with his wife Meg and his mum and dad.
18:59And relaxing brews have been needed recently because of their beloved Labrador cross, Yogi.
19:06It has been a stressful couple of weeks.
19:08We were away on holiday and Yogi had a little bit of an accident.
19:13He is a bit of a danger dog, always charging round.
19:16And, unfortunately, he just chased the ball out on a family walk and spiked himself on a bit of metal that somebody had left there.
19:23Lost quite a bit of blood and I think he nearly lost a leg.
19:26I was adamant we were flying home when we first found out.
19:30It was just super, super scary.
19:31For David's parents, Vicky and Paul, it was a dog-sitting nightmare.
19:36Very traumatic because it looked like something out of Jaws.
19:39It was just a huge open wound right down his leg.
19:42So it was a really scary time and with, obviously, Dave being away as well.
19:46Fortunately, my family got some pressure on the wound straight away.
19:50My colleagues down at the hospital managed to save his life, basically.
19:55There has been some complications because of how deep the wound was.
20:00The metal was obviously really dirty.
20:02It's been a significant infection.
20:04So it is taking quite some time.
20:07So at the Huddersfield Hospital, there are regular bring-your-dog-to-work days.
20:12Good boy.
20:13This way.
20:15Hi.
20:15You're all right?
20:16I'm good.
20:16As they continue to help Yogi with a cutting-edge laser treatment.
20:22Becca, one of our nurses, has been doing the laser therapy.
20:25She's been keeping a close eye on him,
20:26especially because I was away in New Zealand when it happened.
20:29So we're really grateful for that.
20:33How are we getting, God?
20:35Getting there.
20:35Oh.
20:36Pleased to see you.
20:37He's like, oh, God, not back here again.
20:39As long as I don't leave him, I think he'll be all right.
20:40Yeah.
20:41Shall we go and have a look?
20:42Yeah.
20:43Come on.
20:46There's a lot less swelling, a lot less discharge.
20:50About two weeks ago, no, a week and a half ago?
20:52Yeah.
20:53It was that big.
20:53It was that big.
20:53It was that big.
20:55When he first came in, it was a bit of a mess, really.
20:59The idea with the laser is that it sort of gives the cells in that area more energy,
21:05so it's easier for them to heal,
21:07which is really good for wounds like this, which are quite big.
21:10They're in a bit of a difficult area.
21:12And obviously, we were managing it as a bit of an open wound,
21:15so it can just help that area shrink down a lot quicker than it would.
21:20Thanks for that, Becca.
21:21I'm really pleased.
21:22I think it's looking great.
21:24I think you're doing really well.
21:26Do you think another couple more laser sessions?
21:29Yeah.
21:29Or has it had its fill now?
21:30I think maybe a couple more sessions.
21:32You see there's a tiny drop of fluid put out of the bottom?
21:35Yeah.
21:35But that area where it got all really stretched is toned.
21:38Yeah, that looks way better.
21:39By how big that was.
21:41And it's not to look bad up there, isn't it?
21:42Yeah, that's all healed, hasn't it?
21:45Yeah.
21:45Yeah.
21:46I need to get a couple of stitches out soon,
21:48but I mean, it's so paranoid because it opened up a bit more
21:50and got infected than waiting as long as possible.
21:53Just can't wait till we can have him off the lead again,
21:56a cone off.
21:57I know he gets fed up with a cone on all the time.
22:00His favourite thing to do is run and chase balls,
22:02which got him into this problem in the first place.
22:04Coming up...
22:09Hey, poppy, go ahead.
22:10..a well-rounded education...
22:12You just break the skin with a point on that.
22:15..for farming's next generation.
22:17Go on, then.
22:18Don't drink a lot, don't go out.
22:21Much as we're down here working with these lot.
22:24..and for Julian, it's je t'aime.
22:26Pepe.
22:27But will the skunk enjoy a tete-a-tete?
22:30It's a love-hate relationship with Fifi.
22:31..or feel like Pepe Le Poo.
22:34Ah! Skunk! Skunk!
22:45In Wetherby, Dan is back at the practice.
22:49Hi there, all right?
22:50Yes?
22:51To collect Pepe the skunk after Julian castrated him.
22:55So it went very well, uneventful, really, and always.
22:58Hi-oh, dude!
22:59He's brilliant, really. He's had a great time.
23:01He's made a lot of new friends.
23:04You're more alive than I thought you would be.
23:08There he is.
23:11And he's...
23:11So that's what we've done there, so there's...
23:14Oh, wow.
23:16There's stitches in there,
23:18internal stitches that will dissolve,
23:19so we don't have to worry about taking them out.
23:21Good.
23:22And he'll just go from strength to strength.
23:24He's such a cute, friendly little fella.
23:26He's been...
23:26He is. He's been great.
23:27I brought you a mini Pepe to keep.
23:30Excellent.
23:31There we go.
23:32Excellent.
23:33A souvenir from Pepe.
23:34It's not as handsome as you, though, Pepe, I don't think.
23:37That's very kind.
23:38Thank you very much.
23:39Pepe, look, it's a selfie.
23:41Pepe!
23:42The operation was to enable Pepe to live with his lady friend.
23:48Oh, that was cool.
23:48Oh, boy.
23:49Very good.
23:50Any problems, give us a shout,
23:51but I think it'll be plain sailing.
23:53Excellent, yeah.
23:54Good to see you again.
23:56Bye, Pepe.
23:57Be good.
23:57See you later.
23:59And it will lead to other perks.
24:02He's got a banquet when he gets back
24:03because I've got him a special meal ready, so...
24:06Not that he's spoiled in any way.
24:07It's a bit of meat.
24:10Oh, Pepe.
24:11With a bit of banana, obviously.
24:12Absolutely.
24:13He likes his banana.
24:14Meat and banana.
24:15Meat and banana.
24:16You know what I mean?
24:18Fifi will prick her ears up when he turns up.
24:20Couple of weeks, and then we'll slowly introduce them,
24:23and hopefully, a love story will begin.
24:29A few weeks later,
24:31Dan's exotic rescue centre in Knaresborough
24:33is a hive of activity.
24:36It's the holidays.
24:36He's super busy at the moment.
24:39So here we've got the African grey parrot.
24:40She's called Sully.
24:41She's about 20,000 to now, 20,000 years old.
24:43People love coming into the centre
24:45to learn about exotic animals.
24:48These guys like eating crickets, cockroaches, and locusts.
24:53We show them how to look after them.
24:55If people want to adopt, then they can do so,
24:58but it's mainly showing people what is out there
25:01that people have as pets as well.
25:03As for Pepe...
25:05Pepe, here we go.
25:06Good boy.
25:07He's recovered nicely from his operation.
25:10So Pepe was a bit sluggish.
25:14When he first came back, he was a bit fed up, to be honest.
25:17I think I would be.
25:18But now, he's brilliant.
25:20Come here, you.
25:21Back to his usual happy self.
25:23He likes to be cuddled as Pepe.
25:25But when it comes to enjoying cuddles with Fifi...
25:29Oh, yeah.
25:30..he can probably relate to his cartoon namesake,
25:33the hopeless romantic Pepe Le Pew.
25:36What we normally do is we introduce them,
25:38slowly let them sniff.
25:40..in his yearning for amore.
25:41It's a love-hate relationship with Fifi.
25:45But he's just teaching him to be a bit more gentle with her,
25:48a bit more patient with her.
25:49She hasn't stressed, she ain't running about,
25:52they're not attacking each other.
25:53So I think today is a positive day.
25:56The main thing is we don't want her to spray,
25:58because if we spray, then we're all going to get it.
26:00Lots of people here have succumbed to Pepe's charms.
26:06He's become a favourite for the public, actually.
26:10A lot of people just come and see him
26:11and have a little stroke of him.
26:13But the idea of a rendezvous with a skunk
26:16can make some cause a stink.
26:19Ah! Skunk! Skunk!
26:21Hi. Hi.
26:22Hi, guys.
26:23Hello, do you want to say hello to him?
26:25Yes.
26:26This is Pepe.
26:28Can I pet?
26:28You can pet him. There you go.
26:31He's beautiful.
26:32A bit smelly, but beautiful.
26:35We love Pepe.
26:38He's gone, he's on his travels now.
26:41This is Pepe's house, not mine.
26:48In Huddersfield, they don't treat dogs
26:51at the practice's farm and equine centre.
26:55Good boy.
26:56But David can make a small exception
26:58for his own Labrador Cross yogi.
27:01This way.
27:03Yogi's been having laser therapy
27:05on the injury that nearly cost him his leg
27:07or even his life.
27:10Hi, Sean. Are you all right?
27:11Hello. Hello, you.
27:14I think you've still got your cone of shame on,
27:16have you?
27:17Who's he doing for me?
27:18How's he been?
27:19He's doing quite well.
27:21It's getting better week by week.
27:23It's nearly closed over now.
27:25It's been five weeks, I think, nearly.
27:27So I'm hoping to get the stitches out today.
27:30Are you all right to hang on to him for me, please?
27:31I can hold on to him.
27:32I'll give him a cuddle.
27:34Curious, little Yogi.
27:35Go on, Auntie Sean, I'll hold you.
27:36I'll give you a cuddle for Timmy.
27:38You're going to be a brave boy.
27:40When this first happened,
27:41it was a really big wound.
27:43To see how it is now,
27:45in actually quite a short space of time
27:47when we think about wounds like this,
27:48is just brilliant.
27:50I think Yogi's been a really good boy.
27:52He's also got a vet for a dad,
27:53which can help sometimes.
27:55And I think the laser therapy
27:56really does help as well.
27:58It helps the wounds heal a lot more quickly.
28:00It does seem to just accelerate everything.
28:03Good boy.
28:05It's a really big relief to get these out.
28:07It's just been slowly getting better.
28:10He's getting there.
28:12Good boy.
28:13Yeah, he did well.
28:14Good lad.
28:15Thanks for your help, Sharon.
28:15It's all right.
28:17All the stitches out.
28:19We have a couple of staples to get.
28:21It's another step down the road
28:22to full recovery.
28:24We'll get there in the end.
28:25Hopefully, he can be out chasing a ball again.
28:34Up on the North York Moors,
28:38Dan is the fourth generation of his family.
28:42Lucky enough to farm with a view of Revo Abbey.
28:46A couple of weeks ago,
28:47he feared for one of the new generation of his flock
28:51and rushed his pregnant ewe to see Peter.
28:55All right.
28:56Shh, shh, shh.
28:58Thankfully, Peter managed to get the lamb out
29:00without doing a C-section,
29:02which is always a bonus.
29:03Good girl.
29:04The problem with taking them to vex is you get there,
29:07you get the lamb out.
29:08Right, OK, that's it, done.
29:09Back home again.
29:11Generally put the yowie in the back
29:12and then put the lamb in one of the foot wells.
29:15They miss that bonding period
29:17for sort of 20 minutes, half an hour while you're at home.
29:20So it's always a bit of a,
29:21is she going to be OK?
29:22Come on, lass.
29:23She's been really good, to be fair.
29:30Popped in back at Penn with her
29:31and she was absolutely fine.
29:32And Peter gave her some antibiotics
29:34and some pain relief after she'd lamb,
29:36so she was right as rain after that.
29:40They've had rough weather all winter.
29:43She'll be relieved to get out
29:44and they always do so much better
29:46when they're on grass.
29:47That's what they were born to eat,
29:48so they're always glad to be out into the field
29:51and have some freedom and run about
29:52and, you know, please themselves.
29:56I doubt she'll appreciate the view of Revo Abbey,
29:59but yeah, Dodge is OK.
30:00The farming baton being passed down
30:14through a family's generations
30:16is familiar to many of Peter's clients.
30:20Come on, come on.
30:21Like Steve Stonehouse.
30:24It's a good life.
30:25A hard life, really.
30:26You never have a lot of money.
30:27You're what we call asset rich and cash poor.
30:31Come here, you little devil.
30:33But I wouldn't swap it for anything, really.
30:36I worked with my dad.
30:37I was very lucky.
30:38We got on real well.
30:39The thing is,
30:40we're just missing a generation now.
30:42Steve's now in his 70s.
30:44Come on.
30:45And while his children
30:46aren't following in his footsteps,
30:48his 18-year-old granddaughter, Alicia,
30:50is keen to do so.
30:53And I see we've got an extra pair of hands today.
30:55Oh, yes.
30:57That's it.
30:58As Peter's discovered
30:59on his visits to the farm.
31:02And his grandad had a good teacher.
31:03Yeah.
31:03Is he?
31:04Yeah.
31:04Well, you had to say that, didn't you?
31:05LAUGHTER
31:06Elisha will be the fifth generation here
31:11and, God willing,
31:13that it works out for her.
31:15Right?
31:17I'm just pleased that somebody else
31:18wants to farm,
31:19take over from me.
31:20Once you see the mark there,
31:24you just break the skin
31:25with a point on that.
31:27We're just scratching the lambs
31:28just to prevent them from getting off,
31:30which is like warts around their mouth and stuff.
31:33Quite painful.
31:35Right.
31:37I used to be able to catch them quite easy,
31:40but nowadays,
31:41they're faster than I am.
31:44It's a lot of fun.
31:45We work quite well together.
31:47We get a lot of stuff done.
31:49Makes it a lot easier,
31:50having a couple of us doing it.
31:54This is the last one to scratch.
31:57That's it.
31:59Right, then.
32:00You get the rings.
32:03I'll bring the lambs.
32:04You do them what you normally do.
32:07We're going to put rings on the lambs' tails,
32:09which just stops them getting flies and stuff in summer.
32:12Grandad's been fantastic.
32:15He's the best person to learn from.
32:19Oh, that's all right.
32:20Good.
32:22I've been helping down here since I could walk.
32:24I've got pictures of me feeding chickens
32:26at, like, 18 months old.
32:28I absolutely love it.
32:30Come on, then.
32:34Spending a lot of time outside,
32:35working with stock like this
32:37in this part of the world,
32:38I think is just brilliant.
32:40Don't drink a lot.
32:41Don't go out.
32:42Much as we're down here,
32:44working with these lot,
32:46pretty good.
32:51While Alicia can learn
32:52from her grandad's years of experience,
32:55she's also studying agriculture in York
32:57at one of the country's leading specialist colleges.
33:00You've been a lot of grown
33:01since I last saw you, haven't you?
33:03I'm still towards the end
33:05of my second year here at Ascombe.
33:06I spent my Easter holidays
33:08being the only student here,
33:09helping lamb in.
33:10I was out at 7 in the morning
33:13to feed up, do rounds,
33:14make sure everything had water,
33:15nothing else had lambed.
33:19We do a lot of vaccinating calves,
33:21weighing calves,
33:22feeding, bedding up.
33:24Just anything that we can get involved in,
33:26we will.
33:28One of Alicia's teachers
33:30here on the campus farm...
33:31Hey, puppy, go, hey.
33:33...is Tony.
33:34You've got a Saturday job
33:35doing this, haven't you?
33:36Yeah.
33:36No, 140 Holsteins.
33:39140?
33:39Yeah.
33:40How's it compared to this system?
33:42It's a very older system.
33:43Is it?
33:44Yeah.
33:44Six a side, herringbone.
33:45Six a side?
33:46Yeah.
33:47We're trying to teach the students
33:48the best routine that we can
33:50of preparing a cow for milking,
33:52about spotting mastitis
33:53and basically the general health
33:56of the cow.
33:58Alicia's very good at it.
33:59She's taken to it really well.
34:00All right, Mac,
34:01just have to keep your finger
34:01on that one a bit longer.
34:03That's it.
34:04So just putting the units
34:06on each cow.
34:08I love milking, I think.
34:10Just the structure of it I enjoy.
34:12In the future,
34:13I'd quite like to have
34:14a few dairy cows,
34:16enough for, like,
34:16a couple of houses
34:17in the village.
34:18But Alicia has already
34:20learned enough
34:20from her granddad
34:21to know that a farmer's life
34:23won't be easy.
34:24It's very long hours,
34:26but willing to put the work in,
34:28I know what it's like,
34:29know that that's how farming is,
34:30and I'm willing to do that.
34:32Come on, girls.
34:36Still to come.
34:37Are you all right?
34:38Yes, thank you.
34:38Nice to see you.
34:39You too.
34:40Will Alicia graduate
34:41from the University
34:42of Peter Wright?
34:43How can you tell
34:44what you're sort of feeling for?
34:46You're feeling for different things
34:47and different stages
34:48of pregnancy.
34:50And a big day for Yogi.
34:51I'm excited.
34:52As he's finally
34:53let off the leash.
34:54Ready?
34:55Go on then.
34:56Go on then.
34:56Near Huddersfield,
35:06it's been a tough couple of months
35:08for David's Labrador cross, Yogi.
35:11Where's your dog?
35:12Come on then.
35:13David and Meg's
35:14recent dream holiday
35:16to New Zealand
35:16turned into
35:17every dog owner's nightmare.
35:19So excited.
35:21When they heard that Yogi
35:23had suffered
35:24a horrific leg injury
35:25back home.
35:26All right,
35:27calm down.
35:28Good boy.
35:30Good boy.
35:32I was just really worried
35:33that he was going to
35:34firstly either lose his leg
35:35or when we got
35:36the initial phone call
35:37they said that he went
35:37into shock
35:38and he might obviously
35:39lose his life.
35:41Well, it's been a couple of weeks
35:42since I got the stitches
35:42out of his wound
35:43and a good couple of months
35:45since the original injury
35:46we knew it would take time
35:47to heal.
35:48But I'm thinking
35:48today is the big day.
35:50He can finally get off the lead
35:51and chase the ball
35:52which is his number one
35:53favourite thing to do.
35:54He's not done it
35:55in a couple of months
35:56so he's going to be
35:56really excited.
35:57Ready?
35:58Go on then.
36:01Go on then.
36:05Woohoo!
36:07Practice it!
36:08You've got it!
36:09You've got it all again.
36:15Some things never change.
36:18At home, isn't it?
36:19You're out of practice,
36:20aren't you?
36:26Come on then.
36:27Youks!
36:28Youks!
36:28Bring it here!
36:30Good boy!
36:31Go on then!
36:33Go on!
36:34That's too far!
36:36Go get it!
36:38Go on then!
36:39Nothing's changed.
36:40I end up chasing after the ball
36:42as much as he does.
36:43But it's still nice to see.
36:44Go on then!
36:45Go on then!
36:48Go on!
36:49Good boy!
36:51Come on!
36:53Good boy!
36:55He looks really happy
36:56just to be back
36:57having a run
36:58and a sniff.
36:59There was a time
37:00where you thought
37:00it seemed a long way
37:02away from it being possible
37:03and there was a chance
37:05he was going to lose
37:05his leg
37:06so it's such a relief
37:07today
37:07to see him out there
37:09tail wagging
37:09chasing the ball
37:10He was a little squeak
37:13Good boy!
37:17It's been a massively
37:18long road
37:18to get here
37:19hasn't it Dave?
37:20I mean
37:21we're so grateful
37:21for what everyone's done
37:23so excited to be able
37:24to see him today
37:25doing what he loves to do
37:26He might be stiff later
37:32but it looks like
37:32he's pretty much
37:33made a full recovery
37:34so I'm really pleased
37:35with that
37:36He's going to be tired
37:37today
37:38he's going to have
37:38a nice sleep
37:39I think
37:39we'll get a bit
37:40of peace and quiet
37:41Come on!
37:44Let's go back!
37:45Oh!
37:46Lots of fingers!
37:47Come on!
37:56In North Yorkshire
37:58at the Stonehouse
38:00family farm
38:01Put the food in
38:02For Alicia
38:03it's another day
38:04of learning
38:05from her granddad Steve
38:06Hey!
38:07Go on lass
38:08In you go!
38:09And the agriculture student
38:11is about to face
38:12her next big test
38:13Get your sweet
38:14forward a bit
38:14Come on!
38:16Always keen
38:17to see
38:18if the new generation
38:19of farmers
38:19can cut it
38:20like his old friends
38:21Peter's just arrived
38:24What a grand day
38:28Isn't it beautiful?
38:29Lovely
38:29How are you doing?
38:30Pleasure to be in Yorkshire
38:31on a day like this
38:32You couldn't really
38:33well better couldn't you?
38:34You couldn't now
38:34How are you keeping?
38:35I'm very well thank you
38:36Good to see you
38:37Peter needs Alicia's help
38:39pregnancy testing
38:40some of the farm's cows
38:42Well she looks
38:42if she'll be a bit fit
38:43and be able to run faster
38:44Be able to run faster
38:45than they and me
38:46You're alright
38:46Yes thank you
38:47Nice to see you
38:47You too
38:48Have I got some ladies
38:49to change in the thing
38:50It's 14 to PD
38:51Right
38:52Very good
38:53Alicia will take you around
38:54to the business end
38:55and I'll be at the back end
38:56Right
39:00Our first contestant
39:02This one won't be
39:05so far on Peter
39:06but I think she'll probably
39:07be six or eight weeks
39:08Yes
39:09I will put her
39:10to about nine or ten weeks
39:11Right
39:12Possibly near a ten
39:13Come on then
39:14Somebody else
39:15Go on
39:17Go on
39:17Now unless she's been caught
39:22in the last couple of weeks
39:23her so she's not pregnant
39:24Right
39:25If they get out to grass
39:27it'll bring them on
39:28You could say
39:28tune some up
39:29Yeah
39:29Dr. Green
39:31Good stuff isn't it
39:32A good experienced hand
39:35bringing her in
39:35and an even better hand
39:37on the front of the crush
39:38Yeah
39:39Get your head in a bit further
39:41Come on
39:41I think she's got you off
39:43to her side now
39:44Ready on the gloves
39:47Have you finished the course now
39:50Alicia?
39:51I've submitted all my assignments
39:52I got my exam results back yesterday
39:54And?
39:56I passed my merit in my exam
39:57Whoa
39:58So I'm very happy with that
39:59So now I'm just waiting
40:00for the rest of my results
40:01Yeah
40:01And what have you enjoyed most
40:03about the course?
40:04Meeting people
40:05who've had the same
40:06upbringing to me
40:07Yeah
40:07You know with people
40:08Leg-minded people
40:09Yeah
40:10Yeah
40:10I think she's in the
40:15very early stages of
40:16Right
40:17She could be then
40:17Peter
40:18I think she's very early
40:20Now this one
40:27is slightly different
40:28I can actually
40:29feel a calf in this one
40:30Yes
40:31I thought you might do
40:31I was waiting for you to see it
40:33He's just blinked his eye
40:34He's just winked at me
40:36Go on
40:36Off you go
40:37How can you tell
40:38what he's sort of feeling for?
40:40You feel for different things
40:42at different stages of pregnancy
40:44And that last one
40:46You know when you can
40:47throw a calf head in there
40:48Yeah
40:48You're laughing at that
40:49Now this one
40:51is moderately early
40:53While Alicia is the future
40:56of the farm
40:57So is the plan actually
40:59ultimate
40:59to take a brother
41:00from the granddad?
41:01Yeah
41:01Does he know you're taking him off?
41:03Yeah
41:03She isn't the first
41:04strong female presence here
41:06They used to say
41:07I wear the trousers
41:08in our house
41:09but my wife says
41:09which pair?
41:13Go on
41:14A pair
41:15A pair
41:15A pair
41:15Again
41:17We're early pregnancy here
41:19I can't say
41:22I've done
41:22many pregnancy
41:23diagnosing sessions
41:24where I've had granddad
41:25and granddaughter
41:26working in perfect harmony
41:28as we have here
41:29and it's lovely
41:30This is the last one
41:32Let's hope
41:34we can give Stephen
41:35some good news
41:36Yeah she's pregnant
41:39She is
41:40About nine weeks
41:43I would say
41:43That's it then
41:44with them
41:45Right Alicia
41:46How are we done?
41:48Oh
41:48So just one question mark
41:50Not too bad on the whole
41:52No no
41:52That's right
41:53Thank you very much
41:54I'm well appreciated
41:55Well it's nice to see you both
41:59Thank you
41:59With your future in farming
42:01It's been very pleasant
42:03coming to see Stephen
42:05and his granddaughter
42:06Alicia today
42:07Nice to see you both
42:08Thank you
42:08And I think Alicia
42:10has a very very bright future
42:12ahead of her
42:13in farming
42:14Family farms are
42:17the backbone
42:18of the British countryside
42:20Go on lassies
42:21And long may
42:23people like
42:24Alicia continue
42:25and take the tradition forward
42:27Come on girls
42:29So it's been about
42:31five months
42:32since Peter came and PD'd
42:33So we've now got
42:34five wonderful
42:35healthy little heifers
42:36running around
42:38All really really well
42:40Didn't need any help at all
42:44Love spending time up here
42:46in amongst the cows
42:47So friendly
42:48Always curious about
42:49what's going on
42:50Especially if there's
42:51food involved
42:53When it comes to working
42:54animals it's not a thing
42:55that I would change about it
42:57So hoping to take over
42:59Family farm
43:00Love what we do here
43:01So rewarding
43:02but it's hard work
43:04It's empty
43:05I know I'm sorry
43:06That's one
43:07I know I'm sorry
43:09I know
43:10That's one
43:11It's empty
43:12But it's not
43:13I know I know
43:14I know
43:15But it all
43:16I know
43:17And it's
43:18You
43:19I know
43:20Well
43:22You
43:23I probably
43:24I know
43:25I can't
43:26I know
43:27I know
43:28I know
43:29You
43:30I know
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43:32You
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